Architect R. Harold Zook
designed this residence for his family in 1924. The modest, two-bedroom
house has an adjacent garage and second-floor studio where
Zook worked on his architectural commissions.
The brick house bears the picturesque details of an English Cotswold
Cottage, including steep gables, dormer windows, and shaped shingles that
mimic a traditional thatched roof.

In the past ten years, seven
Zook-designed residences in Hinsdale have been demolished
as part of the village’s trend of teardown development. This property was
recently purchased by a local builder who plans to raze both buildings and
construct a large-scale modern mansion in their place. Zook’s later
Art Deco designs include the Municipal Building in St. Charles and the
Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, both listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.

Update:

Following the announcement of the 2005 Endangered
List, local action was taken to save the architect’s home. Two anonymous
Hinsdale residents contributed $400,000 to the Hinsdale Historical Society
to move the buildings, which had to be cut into several sections, placed
on wheels, braced by steel beams and towed to the new site about a mile
and half away. LPCI underwrote film documentation of the move. To learn
more, go to
www.hinsdalehistory.org.